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Property from Private Northeast Collection

Gustav Stickley

Library Table, Model No. 407

Auction Closed

June 11, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from Private Northeast Collection

Gustav Stickley

Library Table, Model No. 407


circa 1902

executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York

oak, original leather, brass tacks

with the firm's decal

30 ⅝ in. (77.8 cm) high

49 ¼ in. (125.1 cm) diameter

Private Collection, Brookline, Massachusetts, circa 1902

Thence by descent

Acquired from the above by the present owner

"The Craftsman House," The Craftsman, Vol. IV, No. 2, Eastwood, New York, May, 1903, p. 89 (for a drawing of the model)

Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 42 (for the above mentioned drawing)

Joseph J. Bavaro, The Furniture of Gustav Stickley: History, Techniques, and Projects, New York, 1982, p. 48

Stephen Gray, The Early Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 46

Peter Barnet and Mary Ann Wilkinson, Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, Detroit, 1994, p. 43

David Cathers, Gustav Stickley, London, 2003, pp. 44 and 73

Karen Livingstone and Linda Parry, eds., International Arts and Crafts, London, 2005, p. 157

Kevin W. Tucker, Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement, New Haven, 2010, pp. 44 (for a period photograph of the model on display in the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901) and 142 (for a period photograph of the model on display at the Mechanics' Institute, Rochester, New York, 1903)